Oregon animal industries look to turn waste into a resource By Oregon Department of Agriculture It’s not exactly the fairy tale theme of turning straw into gold, but Oregon livestock operators are generally succeeding in turning animal manure into something beneficial. From utilizing the nutrients found in animal waste as […]

AFBF Backs Bill With Vital Farm and Ranch Tax Provisions By American Farm Bureau Federation WASHINGTON, D.C., May 24, 2010 – The House is expected to vote soon on legislation that includes a number of tax provisions vital to farmers and rural America. The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging […]

By Curt Kipp Oregon Association of Nurseries For quite some time, the nursery industry has been at the forefront of the push for comprehensive federal immigration reform. This means enforcing the law to secure U.S. borders, providing a dependable labor source for industries that need it, and setting up a […]

Senator Urges USTR to Hone Reporting Standards to Improve Negotiations By Senator Ron Wyden Washington, D.C. – Continuing his drive to make exports of environmentally friendly goods a spark that will ignite America’s economic recovery, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released a follow-up report to his December 2009 trade […]

Countdown is on for tax extenders legislation By American Farm Bureau Federation, Up against a self-imposed deadline of Memorial Day, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (DMich.) is putting together a package of tax credit extensions he expects will quickly be passed by both the House and Senate. […]

Natural Resource News Note: Sometimes you wonder where the idea of certain studies comes from.    The latest study on organic food comes from Britain.  Health Day News reports. HealthDay News — You may think organic food is always better for you, but a new British study finds that wild birds […]

Senator Ferrioli Wants Answers About Halted LNG Project By Oregon Tax News, State Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli wants to know if Brent Foster, a Department of Justice attorney who resigned in April, actively worked to derail the proposed Bradwood Landing Liquefied Natural Gas Project near Astoria. The project’s developers […]

Extension makes plans for Lane County office closure By Oregon State Extension Office EUGENE, Ore. – The defeat of Measure 20-158 leaves the Oregon State University Extension Service in Lane County without adequate local funding to continue existing operations. Extension is now making plans to reassign its Lane County faculty […]

Oregon Cattlemen’s Association The Symposium:   Saturday May 22, 2010, from 1-4 p.m., La Grande, Oregon at Eastern Oregon University’s Badgley Hall first floor auditorium. Open to the public, with no admission charge Can Ranchers and Wolves Co-Exist? A Symposium Hosted by the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association, and Eastern Oregon University Range […]

By Oregon Department of Agriculture, Spread the word, not the weed. That’s the slogan being used for this year’s Oregon Invasive Weed Awareness Week to be celebrated May 16-22 as proclaimed by Governor Kulongoski. The annual weeklong observance aims to raise public awareness of the threat noxious weeds pose to […]